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Hapsburgs Act as Peacemakers in Austro-Nazi Squabble
Linz
- Date
- 1934, March 14
- Location
- Linz
- Country
- Austria
- Material
- silver gelatin print on glossy paper
- Size
- 14,5 (18) x 21,6 (22,8) cm
- Artist
- ACME · Unidentified Photographer
Description
With the object of acting as peacemaker between Austrian Fascists and Nazis, Archduke Anton, husband of Princess Ileana of Rumania, has put himself at the disposal of Prince Starhemberg’s Heimwehr movement. His brother, Archduke Carlos, followed suit. Both have been detailed to upper Austria where the Heimwehr are playing a double role. They are holding the frontier against undesired visitors from Germany, and also awaiting the appropriate moment to reach a peaceful agreement both with the “Austrian Legion” in Bavaria and with the Munich Nazi headquarters. Archduke Antonwill be called on to make frequent flights between Germany and Austria with important dispatches. He is shown (right, in aviator’s coat) on his arrival at Linz, Upper Austria, to begin work. Next to him in the uniform of the Heimwehr is his brother, Archduke Carlos.Credit line (ACME) 3/14/34Stamp: ACME Newspictures, Inc.; Ref. Dept. Mar 21 1934 N. E. A.
Handwritten: A 18000